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| Old South Boundary Track, Mt Richmond National Park |
The summit picnic ground, at the end of Mt Richmond Road, is a great place for bush birds and offers a range of short walks. The rainy weather diluted (pun intended) my enthusiasm for any extended walks so I spent time taking short strolls out and back along several of the walking tracks. With dark clouds overhead and dense vegetation, there was very little light in some areas so I pushed the ISO to 800 to give a bit more speed but even that was not enough to capture this Brown Thornbill that, a split second before, had been beautifully perched on the bracken frond.
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| Brown Thornbill, Mt Richmond National Park |
I spent about 10 minutes trying to find a reasonable view of a small flock of Red-browed Finches that were very active in a dense patch of bush but this was the best I could do
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| Red-browed Finch, Mt Richmond National Park |
I also found a White-throated Treecreeper feeding on tree trunks in the picnic ground.
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| White-throated Treecreeper, Mt Richmond National Park |
As I was trying to get a better viewpoint to get a side-on shot, the bird flew to a puddle on the track for a drink.
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| White-throated Treecreeper, Mt Richmond National Park |
It only stayed a few seconds before it was chased off by another customer who had an alternative use for the puddle.
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| White-browed Scrubwren, Mt Richmond National Park |
While watching these antics, this little character landed in the tree right next to me - right at the close focal limit of the lens.
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| Superb Fairy-wren, Mt Richmond National Park |
Heading home
The intensity of the Scrub-wren in the water is fascinating. Such concentration. Well seen.
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